Green Brook, NJ, November 18, 2013 – Pretty Ugly, LLC and the creators of the popular Uglydoll brand launch unique Android plush toys available exclusively in the Google Store.

While brewing over a cup of ‘java’ and dreaming up apps for development, the Uglydoll team created their geekiest plush yet, Android Ox™ and Android Babo™. The collectible plush launches today at www.googlestore.com under the Fun and Android brand shop tabs. The toys are available in huggable 11″ plush and a 4″ backpack clip accessory. Prices range from six to twenty dollars.

‘”After many exciting Google Hangouts, we were able to accomplish prototyping through production in record time for the holidays! Everyone was really excited about us designing an exclusive for the Google Store. We heard the engineers in Mountain View were Uglydoll fans, so we created something really unique to satisfy the inner geek in all of us,'” said Alita Friedman, Chief Brand Officer for Pretty Ugly, LLC.

David Horvath & Sun-Min Kim created the first UGLYDOLL hand-sewn plush toy in 2001. Since the inception of the first character, Wage™, who David drew on a love letter to Sun-Min, UGLYDOLL has grown into an entire universe of characters, stories, and products for all ages. The UGLYDOLL brand was launched in 2002 by Pretty Ugly, LLC of Green Brook, NJ.

The property is distinguished by David & Sun-Min’s unique aesthetic and voice defining, “ugly” as distinctive and unique. The award-winning UGLYDOLL characters appear in a variety of toys, books, apparel, and other licensed products that are available in thousands of stores, worldwide. For more information, please visit www.uglydolls.com.

Daniel “Julius Marx” Pickett has been around toys his whole life. The first line he ever collected was Mego’s World’s Greatest Super Heroes line back in the 70s. He has been surrounded by collectables ever since.
In 1999 he was confounded by a lack of information and news about some of his favorite toy lines he was collecting. Since he couldn’t find the information he decided to pursue it himself thinking other people might also be interested in the same news. He started writing a weekly column on the toy industry and action figure for a toy news site and in a years time he tripled the sites daily traffic with his updates, reviews and product features.
He built relationships with every major toy manufacturer and many sculptors, painters and mold makers. He grew his hobby into a world wide expertise that the industry has embraced.
In 2004 he teamed up with his toy buddy Jason “ToyOtter” Geyer and they created their own website www.ActionFigureInsider.com.
Daniel has been quoted in both industry and mass media press outlets. Over the years Daniel and AFi have been sought out as experts in the field. Daniel was regularly featured on “Attack of the Show” on the G4 network as the primary contributor to their “Mint On Card” segment, and our front page has been linked to from USA Today’s
“Pop Candy” Blog twice. Daniel’s content has also been featured on MSNBC.com,
Wired.com, Fark.com, Boing-Boing, Gizmodo.com, Ain’t It Cool News, the Official
Star Wars blog, Geekologie, G4, CNet and Toy Fare magazine, among many
others. He has consulted on toy lines, books, documentaries and TV shows.
But all of that really just sounds snooty and “tootin’ his own horn” – the long and short of it is that Daniel loves toys and he LOVES talking about them.